Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-27
EAnILIAE TALKs 30. 50.

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FAaILIAK TALKS No. 50.
BY 4. MEKKER.
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Ihave sent for 500 metal car tags for
nv cattle, not that / have anywhere
near 800 cattle, but because, as each
tag is 10 be numbered, land also has
nv name on IT'D and do not want to
reuse tag when once used, ] thought
best TO get a full supply. l want to
Danish from my herd the hard, jaw
breaking, Hbellous names like "old
Lop Horn, -" Red Eye, -" Blue Belly, I"
Kicking joe" and the like, for the
sake of the cows feelings; and, be-
sides. there is a real business reason for
doing so.
Icannot go into my own herd and
identify the COWS by the names given
to them by the men. and sometimes
the same COW will have two names
from two different employees. We
keep a weekly record Of each cows
milk separate; that is, once a week
each cows milk is weighed separately,
and from that test the COW is finally
Judged. This, TO be nearly conclusive,
should be followed by test of the per
centage Of cream, which, 50 far, we
have not done, but are now prepared
% commence. Where a person wants
TO look back over the record for sea-
son or more. to be Of any value il is
necessary that there be no confusion
in names.
A hole is punched in the cows ear
and the tag slipped in, and remains as
an ornament, In my opinion, much
more appropriate than any earring !
ever saw worn by the non-voting ladies
Of our land. for the very good reason
that with old Lop Horn there Is q
real use In her " iewelry," while with
Mrs. A, b, or c it is entirely superfiu-
Gus.
Judging the cows last week by the
milk test, three were found wanting;
though nearly fresh, they each gave
less than IS pounds of milk day, and
that, with the feed we give, will not
pay. We have some that are giving
nearly three times that much upon the
same feed, so We began drying up the
three cows In question and feeding
them for beef; In fact. they were fair
beef anyway. The fact is, there were
other considerations determining this
sentence than because the point Of less
than Is pounds Of milk a day was
reached. Beef Is high and Will be
higher still before May is cut; and
butter. II not positively low, is not
easy to sell at cost. let alone at n
profit.
read In WIZARDS butter book that
by churning the milk instead of cream
we would get more butter. so today
after Fred had got his regular churn-
ing of. | told him 10 weigh in. the
churn half full Of milk, and let US try
IL. We set good stout man 10 churn-
ing right after dinner. At2o'clock no
butter; at 3 ditto; al ehurn still re-
volving. and no butter. then had 70
go 10 the station, but Jane did not
come away till o'clock--same report
no butter. heard afterward the man
churned until 6 O'Clock and part OF
next day, and still the butter came not
and the milk went to the calves.
| wish Willard would write his book
over again and leave that part out. II
is no good. And vet on the Plains. in
So we used TO find a lump of butter
in the milk We carried. ehurned by th'
i0stling OF the wagon. The fact is, We
ought to have known better. | have
before heard that milk could bs
churned; I now know Il. having hat
experience. We can churn all VI
want to, but that's all there is 90 IL. i
want a good meal at a restaurant,
do not go where there are but few Gus
toners. for in such a place the far
must be bad, else more people woulC
be there. So with this churning o
milk, Il there was anything in 1t, some
body would be practicing II.
Fred said last week; The cherr!
COW gives bloody milk. what shall VI
do for herr"
answered Milk her three or fou
times a day, shorten her feed. bath
her bag in strong brine, and, If the AL
lnVut tnutlhues, NES utE on lnF wv.
have generally found the latter coursi
20 be the safest. after all-anywa!
where beef Is high. After = week
close attention we find her no better
although she does not give a very larg
flow OF mllk. So now. while We con
unue the milking three times a day
only milk enough 20 relieve the uddeT
and will dry her up, IL is a satisfac
Ton A. well as source Of profit &
have ones COWS 50 that they are tit "a
either the dairy or the block. At hes
takes about 10 per cent. Of full Zee
% sustain the animal heat and waste
and Il only the 90 per cent is fed, the
all i waste. IL certainly pays 10 fee
well
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